Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2026-08-11

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Aug 11
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Receipts
620 head
▲ 620 vs last sale 0▼ 509 vs year ago 1,129 · −45.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Demand was moderate to good with no recent feeder sales for a comparison.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $381.07/cwt on 39 head, down $47.64 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 14 comparable sales and sits −41.53 against this barn's trailing median of $422.60.
Average price
$381.07
▼ 47.64 vs prior sale
39 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,111
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$62
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.16
vs MO average
+14.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549390.732,14517thin
Medium and Large 1-2558373.612,08322
One grade step is worth $17.12/cwt here — about $62 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale39 hd
381.07
—
MO average16 barns · 733 hd
383.23
−2.16
National average163 barns · 7,070 hd
366.65
+14.42
This barn, trailing median14 sales
422.60
−41.53
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales
467427387347median 422.6003/1004/2806/2309/1510/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $452.66, low $361.22, median $422.60 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

30 lots · USDA AMS · F and T Livestock Market Feeder/Replacement Cattle - Palmyra, MO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium 1-2362510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,8466
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,19912
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450472.50/cwt472.50–472.502,1267
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1536456.40/cwt450.00–457.502,44620
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,5575
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2644407.58/cwt406.00–409.002,62517
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671382.98/cwt382.00–385.002,5706
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy692366.50/cwt366.50–366.502,53611
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2743373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,7718
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2771364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,8064
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2823341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,8065
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2882325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,8677
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325542.50/cwt542.50–542.501,7633
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371502.01/cwt485.00–515.001,86212
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned420442.79/cwt425.00–455.001,8605
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435437.95/cwt425.00–440.001,90515
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483418.85/cwt400.00–425.002,02322
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526398.24/cwt387.50–415.002,09510
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538372.17/cwt355.00–390.002,0026
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565374.15/cwt367.50–381.002,11416
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1582380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,2127
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627358.99/cwt355.00–362.502,25130
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670359.26/cwt358.75–369.002,40779
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2718343.70/cwt341.00–344.002,46839
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2776334.59/cwt327.00–335.002,596139
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2288620.00/cwt620.00–620.001,7863
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2363510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,8514
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2433469.22/cwt460.00–475.002,0325
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2542417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,2634
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2697337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,3492

This sale against other markets

Missouri weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.